--- title: Joshua 10:8 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Fear them not; for I have delivered… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand against thee.' Who acts: LORD, I, man. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (LORD, I, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JOS:228 # text = And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand against thee.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Joshua | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **fear** | infinitive | | men *= man* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **deliver** | present · perfect | I | men *= man* | | thy hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **not** **stand** | shall | a man of hands | | | thee; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against thou=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ אַל־תִּירָ֣א מֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י בְיָדְךָ֖ נְתַתִּ֑ים לֹֽא־יַעֲמֹ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ מֵהֶ֖ם בְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃ [Joshua 10:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOS:228` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Joshua 10:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.227/) - next →: [Joshua 10:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.229/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.8/)